Coffee or tea container.



W. KINGSBURY.

GOEPEE 0R TEA CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 8,1908.

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WILLlAM KINGSB'URY, Oi" ELKSTOi\i, ALBERTA, CANADA.

I COFFEE on TEA CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 23, 1969,

Application filed May 8, 1908. Serial No. L1931,610.

A pivoted connection with a similar arm pivotally connected with a cup. whereby the.

container may be deposited within the cod'ee or tea -pot and retained suspended therein by the pivoted cup engaging the outer sideoi the pot. f

Another object oi the invention is to provide a device ot' this character adapted ior extracting the essence l'i-oni coiiee or tea grounds;.comprising a reticulated container composed ot' two heini-spherical members hingcdly connected together and being pro yided with an arm. and a cup provided with pivoted arm having connection with the arm of the container, wl'iereby the arm of the .container may be swung upon the arm ot the cup and the reticulated container delposited within the cup so that the drippings 'from the wet coiiee or tea groundswithin zjthe container may be drained within the cup, and whereby the device may beV folded into small compass.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction of elements and their arrangement in operative combination hereinafter fully described and claimed.4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isv a lonl 'tudinal'sectional view of the coffee 4or tea rewing pot provided with the improvenient.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional 'View of ,the device in folded position.

In the accompanying drawings the'nii-ly meral l represents an ordinary coffee or tea brewing receptacle provided with an ordinary .cover or closure The numeral 3 designates the improved coiee or tea container. This device 3 comprises ac'eticulated containing member and a cup member 5. The containing member fis constructed of two substantially hemispherical members (i and 7, each of which 'with the cup at l5. .The arms l() and 14E have.thcir ends provided with a n'let-allic band 8 and are pivotally connected together as indicated by the numeral 9. The band 8 of the section 6 is provided with an outstanding arm l0, having a lug l1, adapted to be engaged by a spring catch 12 provided upon the band S ol the Section 7. The cup 5 is provided with a knob or liandle i3, and is also provided with an arm l@ having an offset 14 and pivotally connected are ot' an approximately equal length and have their free ends-'provided with perforated ears. adapted foi" the reception of a suitahle pintle lf3, by which they are hingedly connected together.

ln brewing coli'ee or tea with the ini pro\ ed device, the section 7 of the container l is opened upon the section 6, the grounds deposited within the receptacle, the receptacle closed and lockedby'the spring catch l2, the cup 5 yswung away ,from the container, and the containerdeposited within the coffee or tea'receptaclefl. The oii'set portion lei ofthe arm 14; engaging the vriijn oit' tlieinouth of the pot, and the cup swung against the side of the pot, as illustrated in Fig; l ofthe drawings. lVhen suilici'ent essence is extracted from thel grounds with. in the reticulatcd container in the process'ot' brewing, the covei'f- 2 is removed from the pot l and the container Withdrawn frointhe pot, and folded, as illustrated iii Fig. 2, so as to deposit the container' within the cupe, thus allowing thel drainage from the wet grounds to be deposited within the cupo, and the arms 10 and 14 will serve as an effective handle whereby the device may be moved to any desired place.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

l. A device-for extracting essence from cotlee or tea, comprising a reticulated container; an arm upon the container,- and a cuplprovided witha pivoted arm connected with'the arm of the container, whereby the arm of the container may be swung` upon -thearm ot thc cup and the container deupon one ofthe members provided with a.

c, a spring catch upon the other member adaped to engage with the lug, and a cup member provided with a pivoted arm having` an oiset and hingedly connected with the arm of the container.

3. A device for the 'purpose set forth comprising a container member and a cup member, the retainer being constructed in Amvo Sections of hemi-spherica1 gauze and having their rims provided with bands and hingedly secured together, an arm upon one of the sections provided with a lug, a spring earch upon the-opposite member engaging the lug, the cup member having a knob and being provided with a pivoted arm having an offset, the arms of the container and the cup being pivoted together, end the arms being adapted to be swung upon each other to deposit the container Within the cup, and lto' cause the oset of the arm of the cup to Test: upon the knob of the cup.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM KINGSBURY.

Vitnesees LOUIES'TEYNOR, ROBERT BROWN 

